EP 42 | Toni Eberhart | Communications Strategist, Booz Allen Hamilton, Co-Founder & Chair, Urban Engine, Co-Chair, Launch 2035, Founder, Hello Leonard

One of the Our Town Podcast’s  most requested guests is this week’s guest, Toni Eberhart.  Toni relocated to Huntsville in 2013 and, like so many others, has no plans to live anywhere else.  Toni walks us through her journey of growing up in PA, meeting her husband Chad in high school, going to school in Philly, and then starting her career in Baltimore.  But, she wanted to be with Chad, who had moved to Huntsville.   Just as Toni poured all of her efforts to get to HSV, she has also put much time and attention to non-profits like Urban Engine and Launch 2035 – to name just a couple.  She currently works for BAH and loves the work she is doing for NASA.  However, as much as she loves to be involved with her work and her community – her family comes first.  Toni talks about the pain that has come to her after losing both her parents in the past 6 years but also the joy that remains in her relationship  with her sisters.  In addition to her success as a hip hop artist and snowboarder, Toni’s niece, Miranda, will be on tour as the Emcee of the Harlem Globetrotters in 2023, for which Toni has handled much of the PR work.  

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Episode Timeline: 

00:00 Start 

00:48 

Intro 05:45 Non-Profit Involvement 

12:31 First Phone Story 

14:11 Current role with BAH 

20:00 Funny BAH/SAIC story 

24:00 Early Career 

28:30 Baltimore – 1st Free Internship 

32:00 Encumbered Position 

40:00 Crazy, Uncertain Times 

46:15 Cross-Functional Teams 

53:10 Mazda/Toyota 

01:09:40 Taking a Risk 

01:15:10 Carlisle, PA 

01:22:47 Family Memories via Photos 

01:30:00 Learning from Her Sister 

01:34:49 More Family Memories via Photos 

01:49:14 Game: “Name That Song” 

01:54:27 Game: “The Quick 6” 

02:01:48 Closing  

For more information on Urban Engine go to https://urbanengine.org 

For more information on Launch 2035 go to https://launch2035.org  

Host/Interviewer: M. Troy Bye, Owner, Our Town Podcast a brand of the Our Town Company, LLC 

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